Colombian newspaper removes mayor from photo with Santos .

Colombian newspaper removes mayor from photo with Santos .
Friday, 12 April 2013 10:36 Hannah Mead



A newspaper's Orwellian decision to edit the Mayor of Santa Marta out of a photo with Colombia's president has provoked criticism over the paper's journalistic integrity.

"This is an aberrant case of disinformation because the photo was produced by the national Government," said the mayor in question, Carlos Caicedo. "I have complained to the newspaper several times over libel and slander, but the truth is I do not want to go too deep into the matter."

The original photo, taken April 7, showed Mayor Carlos Caicedo posing alongside President Santos, Interior Minister Fernando Carrillo and a number of other mayors, to show their support of the Havana peace talks between the Colombian government and rebel roup FARC.

However, when the photo was printed in the Magdalena newspaper "Hoy", the region's own mayor had vanished. Another local newspaper, "El Informador" published the photo in its original form with Caicedo.

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